Working in the European Union Erasmus Project

Project Title

Working in the European Union

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

The BBS Pirmasens in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Colegio Sagrado Corazón Mundaiz in the Basque region plan a two years project named “Working in the European Union” in the context of the European labor market. The recent numbers of the labor market imply that the aspect of working in the European Union and getting to know the opportunities and benefits of this international cooperation are indispensable. The objective we would like to achieve is both to arouse the student’s interest in working abroad and to develop the personal skills and competences needed to succeed in the European job market. Furthermore, we would like to improve the knowledge of their foreign languages, of the communication technologies used during the project as well as the social and intercultural competences. By involving all these aspects, the student’s chances to find a suitable job, either in Spain or in Germany or another country, will be increased.

During the project the realization of certain products plays an important role. To do so the students have to deal with different topics (e.g. German vs. Spanish companies and vocational training systems, written and oral job applications) and create certain products (e.g. presentations, interviews, job applications, Europass) that have to do with the topic “Working in the European Union”. Furthermore, we would like to produce concrete results, e.g. a data bases comparing the German and Spanish job market, an English-German-Spanish dictionary including the most useful words and phrases used in business situations and the simulation of the establishment of a company. After having done all these activities, the students of both schools will possess a huge amount of knowledge about the job market in the EU, they will have improved their language and intercultural competences as well as their ICT knowledge. In addition, the products of the project, e.g. information material, films and presentations, will be used by to different school members classes, thus a wide range of people that do not participate in the project itself can also benefit from the results.

To develop the communicative and intercultural competences we also plan a personal exchange. After having prepared the project within the BBS Pirmasens and the Mundaiz, the school exchange will be in the center of attention. By visiting Germany and Spain, living in host families, getting to know foreign students, teachers and schools, everybody highly benefits from this project. That way, all the participants can foster relationships, exchange ideas regarding various elements of the project and broaden their horizon. Besides, the visit of local companies enables them to get an insight into the world of work of both countries and gives them the chance to talk about possible opportunities to work in the European Union. We also plan two teacher qualification meetings to improve the competences needed for managing this project.

The project will be realized by students of the upper-secondary level of the two grammar schools of the BBS Pirmasens and Mundaiz. Wheras the entire level is going to be involved in the project, 28 of them are going to be able to travel each year. On the one hand the German students benefit from being at a vocational school and can network with local firms, employers and employees easily. On the other hand the Spanish students are working on different programs related to the future of work and contribute their knowledge. If you combine the resources of both groups and take into consideration the single topics, products and activities that will be realized within these two years, it becomes clear that not only the students and teachers participating in this project will highly benefit from it. Of course, there will be a longer-term benefit for both schools and communities and their members that are interested in the topic and plan to work within the European Union one day.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 62984 Eur

Project Coordinator

Berufsbildende Schule Pirmasens & Country: DE

Project Partners

• COLEGIO SAGRADO CORAZON MUNDAIZ